Misplaced Pages

Hongo Tokihisa

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Japanese samurai
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Hongō.

Hongō Tokihisa (北郷 時久, 1530 – March 1, 1596) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Shimazu clan.

In 1573, Tokihisa defeated an attack led by the Kimotsuki clan. In 1578 he would suppress a rebel coalition of former Itō retainers.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi had invaded the lands of Kyūshū in 1587 and forced the Shimazu into surrender by that same year, Tokihisa acted as Hideyoshi's hostage, henceforth placed at Miyanojo castle in Hyuga Province, on the condition of his cooperation.

He has a son, Hongo Tadatora, who also served the Shimazu clan.

References

  • Papinot, Edmond. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan, p. 633


Stub icon

This article about a samurai or a samurai-related topic is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Hongo Tokihisa Add topic